The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-07-21
State gtems.

SIA1R g1RmH.
The Statesville Landmark says that
Statesville has forty-eight miles of
street. - -,
The Friends School, at New Gar.
den, will celebrate it's 50th anniversary
August l1th.-Mormaang News.
One of the largest farmers in this
county says he will make enough oats
this year to last him five years.-Stases
nile Landmark.
Lexington Dispatch: The supply
Of watermelons promises to be very
good this year. A few, which were
ripe, were gathered a week ago. -
During this, oppressively warm wealth
er, a society for the prevention of cru
city to animals could do good work in
and about Lexington. Some of our
citizens are determined to see pun
ished those who so cruelty drive
horses through the streets on Sunday
afternoons.
Died, in this city, at 9 o'clock last
night, George G. Wilson, son at Rev.
N. II. D. Wilson, D. D., aged about
Is years. He was a graduate of the
University of North Carolina. After
leaving the University; he entered the
Dick and billiard law school at this
place, and was licensed to practice law
about two years ago. His funeral
will take place this evening at $50
o'clock.-Greemsboro Workman. Mr..
Wilson has many friends in this city,
will regret extremely to hear Of his
untimely death. He was a promising
young man in every sense of the
word.
Mr.. James H. Hewitt killed a rat
tle-snake, on the 1st inst, at his farm
on Jumping Run, about one and a half
miles from the city. His %snakeship
was 5 IL feet long and had l3 rattles
and a button. Mr.. Hewitt skinned
the reptile and had the hide tanned
and afterwards vanished, and has had
it fitted up with springs in such a
manner that it now closely resembles
the original, and can be made to run
and shake the rattles as it did in life.
1t is al ingenious piece of work, but
we are not fond enough of snakes to
wish for such a vicious.looking play
thing.-W WI. Revsew.
"A company from Kentucky is, we
understand, making an endeavor to
bond the Baker gold mine and other
property adjoining. The Pied
mont Land Company, which has an ex-
tensive. establishment at Piedmont
Springs, in Burke county, and is devot-
ing much money and work to stock
raising, grazing, mining, &C., has be-
gun the work of digging iron from
Linville mountain; just at it's top,
cross the gorge from Shortoff. The
ore is carried to a ~littleeforge on Pad
dy's creek, and is said to afford a
large quantity Of the purest metal.
The miners say that, Lipyille noun
tain is a solid mass of iron ore. This
company owns On a large scope of
country on -LinviIle mountain, Table
Rock, Shortoff, &c.-Lenosr Topic.
Nh. M. H. Pride, Secretary of the
MT. Holly Fair and Changers, Encamp,;
.ment, was in the City yesterday, and
the reporter asked him how the people
up there regarded the change of dates
ordered by the State Board of Agri-
culture. He is of the opinion that the.
order made by the Board of Agricul-
ture will be an advantage to the enter
prise, as it will give six days to the
Fair, Institute and Encampment, in
stead of three, as originally intended.
The action of the Board only affects
the Farmers Institute, which is under
the special care of the Board of Agri-
culture. By the change in the dates
it is intended that the Institute shall
be held on the -8th,- 9th and 10th,
while the Changers Encampment and
Fair will be continued throughout the
week Col. Julian Allen, of
aH~s1